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Kentucky residents woke up to a different kind of blanket Tuesday morning. It was thick, and it was fluffy, but it definitely wasn’t warm.

Several inches of snow fell overnight, ranging from almost eight inches in Eminence to about five inches in Campbellsburg. At the Henry County Local, snow measured just three inches in the parking lot.

Eminence Independent Schools’ Superintendent Don Aldridge was in his office by 5:10 a.m. yesterday morning to activate the “snow tree.”

The Henry County Sheriff’s Department is prepared to make an arrest in the case of a late December burglary in Pleasureville.

Detective Danny Stivers said Monday that he soon will arrest a 16-year old male, in connection with a Dec. 30 burglary at the Pleasureville Pool Hall. The same suspect, he said, also stole items from Pleasureville Hardware. As a result of the two incidents, Stivers said the teen will be charged with second degree burglary, a class D felony, and theft by unlawful taking of goods less than $300, a class A misdemeanor.\

Safety-Kleen moved its largest hazardous waste recycling plant to Smithfield in 1987 after purchasing the McKesson Envirosystems Company complex in late 1981. Safety-Kleen operates 200 branch operations and processing facilities in 48 states and Canada.

Thousands of Henry County residents remain without power today after a winter storm dumped several inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain beginning Monday night.

Primary roads in Henry County were passable, though drivers are urged to be cautious.

Residents in Pleasureville found themselves not just without power this morning, but without water as well. According to Henry County Water District No. 2 Superintendant Barry Woodsd, the station went down because of a lack of power. That station is up and running again.

A report was recently released by SAMHSA, called the NSDUH Report: “Underage Alcohol Use: Where Do Young People Drink?” The 2006 National Survey on Drug Use and Health asked past month alcohol users aged 12 to 20 how they obtained the last alcohol they drank and where they were when they consumed it. This report has examined where teens drink alcohol so that parents can better target their efforts in ensuring teens have fewer opportunities to engage in underage drinking.

I do not understand the recent actions (or, better, inactions) of the Henry County Local. The Local promises to strive “for accuracy, fairness, and clarity in its coverage’ but recently has been failing to provide any of its promises. A few weeks ago the Local published the official notification of the audit of the Henry County Fiscal Court performed by state auditor Crit Luallen.

One of the more welcoming trends in Kentucky in recent years has been our declining highway fatalities. Though one is too many, there is greater evidence that increased seatbelt usage and the relatively new graduated driver’s license for teenagers is having the effect we in the General Assembly had hoped.

In 2005, there were 985 people who died in automobile accidents on Kentucky’s roads, the highest total since the early 1970s. Fortunately, we have seen a steady drop since then, with last year’s listed at 822 – a nearly 17 percent reduction.

In its history, Eminence has had dozens of mayors, but little is known about them.

Eminence Mayor Jim Petitt said some residents and city employees have been looking for pictures and whatever information may be available, including when they were born, when they died. “We would like to make as large a picture as possible,” he said.